Given that Groq is basically the TPU spin out Google should have done years ago it shows what a valuable asset TPUs are in Google.

Still this they should spin that out though!

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shwaj 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Groq is very different from TPUs. The difference in memory should be a big clue. (Groq using SRAM built into each compute unit, vs TPUs using HBM more similarly to GPUs)

	▲	nl 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The founder created TPUs at Google. > Prior to founding Groq, Jonathan began what became Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) as a 20% project where he designed and implemented the core elements of the first generation TPU chip.